Safety Inspection Of In-Service
Bridges: Chapter 11 (2026/2027)
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Questions With Multiple
Choices |Verified & Revised
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1. ElementsmofmamChannelm(List):m-mCORRECTmANSWERmChannel
Streambed
Embankments
StreammFLow
Freeboard
Floodplain
HydraulicmOpening
HydraulicmControlmStructures
2. Channelm(definition):m-mCORRECTmANSWERmThemwell-
definedmdepression,mwhichmcontainsmandmguidesmstreammflowmduringmnormalmflowmcondit
ions
3. Streambedm(definition):m-mCORRECTmANSWERmThembottommormfloormofmthemChannel
4. Streamflowm(definition):m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmThemwater,msuspendedmparticles,mchemicals,mandmanymdebrismmoving
mthroughmthemchannel
, 5. Streamflowm-
mCORRECTmANSWERm________mismthemwater,msuspendedmparticles,mchemicals,mandmanymd
ebrismmovingmthroughmthemchannel.
6. HydraulicmOpeningm(definition):m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmThem________mismthementiremareambeneathmthembridge,mwhichmismavai
lablemtompassmfloodmflows.
7. Floodplainm(definition):m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmThem________mismthemoverbankmareamoutsidemthemchannelmthatmcarri
esmfloodmflowsminmexcessmofmchannelmcapacity.
8. Streambedm(definition):m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmThem"thalweg"melevationmdefinesmthemlowestmelevationmofmthem____
____.
9. Freeboardm(definition):m-
mCORRECTmANSWERm________mismthemtermmusedmtomdescribemthemdistancemfrommthembott
ommofmthemsuperstructuremtomthemtopmofmthemwatermsurface.
10. Riprapm(definition):m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmProperlymsizedmandmgradedmrockmthatmismeithermnaturalmormmanmade
,mplacedmadjacentmtomabutments,mpiers,mormalongmembankments.
11. Guidebanksm(definition):m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmExtensionsmofmthemapproachmembankment,mconstructedmsomasmtomre
directmfloodmflowsmsmoothlymthroughmthembridgemwaterwaymeliminatingmthemthreatmofmsc
ourmatmthemabutments.
Bridges: Chapter 11 (2026/2027)
Update|Exam
Questions With Multiple
Choices |Verified & Revised
Answers (New)!!!
1. ElementsmofmamChannelm(List):m-mCORRECTmANSWERmChannel
Streambed
Embankments
StreammFLow
Freeboard
Floodplain
HydraulicmOpening
HydraulicmControlmStructures
2. Channelm(definition):m-mCORRECTmANSWERmThemwell-
definedmdepression,mwhichmcontainsmandmguidesmstreammflowmduringmnormalmflowmcondit
ions
3. Streambedm(definition):m-mCORRECTmANSWERmThembottommormfloormofmthemChannel
4. Streamflowm(definition):m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmThemwater,msuspendedmparticles,mchemicals,mandmanymdebrismmoving
mthroughmthemchannel
, 5. Streamflowm-
mCORRECTmANSWERm________mismthemwater,msuspendedmparticles,mchemicals,mandmanymd
ebrismmovingmthroughmthemchannel.
6. HydraulicmOpeningm(definition):m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmThem________mismthementiremareambeneathmthembridge,mwhichmismavai
lablemtompassmfloodmflows.
7. Floodplainm(definition):m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmThem________mismthemoverbankmareamoutsidemthemchannelmthatmcarri
esmfloodmflowsminmexcessmofmchannelmcapacity.
8. Streambedm(definition):m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmThem"thalweg"melevationmdefinesmthemlowestmelevationmofmthem____
____.
9. Freeboardm(definition):m-
mCORRECTmANSWERm________mismthemtermmusedmtomdescribemthemdistancemfrommthembott
ommofmthemsuperstructuremtomthemtopmofmthemwatermsurface.
10. Riprapm(definition):m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmProperlymsizedmandmgradedmrockmthatmismeithermnaturalmormmanmade
,mplacedmadjacentmtomabutments,mpiers,mormalongmembankments.
11. Guidebanksm(definition):m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmExtensionsmofmthemapproachmembankment,mconstructedmsomasmtomre
directmfloodmflowsmsmoothlymthroughmthembridgemwaterwaymeliminatingmthemthreatmofmsc
ourmatmthemabutments.